Don’t forget today’s noon Live Chat right here. You can check in from the ledge. Thoughts: 1) For a team that’s played just 16 games, there have sure been a a lot of them for which I really don’t have an explanation. 2) I thought it was fitting, though, that…

Courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES February 21, 2013 (Game 16, Away Game 6) Scotiabank Place – Ottawa, ON Senators 3, Rangers 2 (shootout) Team Notes: – The Rangers were defeated by the Ottawa Senators, 3-2, in the shootout tonight at Scotiabank Place. New York has now…

Live chat. Thoughts: Craig Anderson Vezina and MVP? Wha? Putrid PP gives up a putrid SHG, Girardi an awful play to turn it into a breakaway from the corner … but a play that blew up a lot earlier than that. Nash. Seriously, no analysis of what happened on the…

[polldaddy poll=6912259 align=”left”] Game 16. Rangers at Senators. Ya boys will be one-third of the way through this Bettmaned season after tonight’s game in beautiful downtown Kanata, Ont., just a short 55-minute, bumper-to-bumper, straight-into-the-setting sun, 3 mph ride from Canada’s capital. This is the first meeting since the nasty seven-game…

We’re going to do the Live Chat Friday at noon … which should be very interesting if tonight turns out to be anything like the last game. Also, let’s remember all the bad blood from that first-round series last spring, when, among other things, Teflon Chris Neil threatened that he…

Congratulations go out to Joseph Ruggiero of Pelham, who on Tuesday night was named the winner of the annual Emile Francis Award for “tireless efforts, sacrifices, dedication and service to youth hockey.” Ruggiero was presented the award on the ice at Madison Square Garden by native New Yorkers and former…

Thoughts: 1) Even when you’ve been doing this as long as I have, and you’re sitting there writing about what an awful game you’re watching, sometimes you hesitate. I ask myself, is it just because the crowd is dead that it seems awful? Is it just because one team is…

From the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES February 19, 2013 (Game 15, Home Game 10) Madison Square Garden – New York, NY Canadiens 3, Rangers 1 Team Notes: – The Rangers were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens, 3-1, tonight at Madison Square Garden to finish their three-game homestand with…

[polldaddy poll=6907017 align=”left”] Game 15. Canadiens at Rangers. The Rangers 4-0-1* in their last five (asterisk = they lost one of those games, but it doesn’t count as a loss, even though they won of those games in the same fashion and that counts as a win — only in…

Here it is, all 35 seconds worth … which was predictable. If he’s not going to answer injury questions, then why the byfuglien should we have anything else to ask him on a night like this? John Tortorella: [audio:http://lohud.com/audio/rangersaudio/tortspre021913.MP3]

Prust was asked if he read where John Tortorella said he is just another player in another uniform, and Prust said, “well, he’s just another coach.” He was laughing when he said it. Brandon Prust: [audio:http://lohud.com/audio/rangersaudio/prust021913.MP3]

The Rangers placed winger Darroll Powe on injured reserve with a concussion on Monday. Powe was injured in an accidental open-ice collision with Washington’s Matt Hendricks during Sunday’s 2-1 Rangers win at the Garden. Powe flipped over Hendricks and appeared to land on his head. He looked to be unconscious…

Thoughts: 1) Remember last year when the Rangers were almost always the more physical team, the team that won more battles and dictated play, and often the faster team? I thought this was a game that kind of reminded me of last year more than any other this season. 2)…

Courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES February 17, 2013 (Game 14, Home Game 9) Madison Square Garden – New York, NY Rangers 2, Capitals 1 Team Notes: – The Rangers defeated the Washington Capitals, 2-1, tonight at Madison Square Garden to extend their point streak to five…

Due to technical difficulties … only have three interviews tonight, and one of them is brief. John Tortorella: [audio:http://lohud.com/audio/rangersaudio/tortspost021713.MP3] Carl Hagelin: [audio:http://lohud.com/audio/rangersaudio/hagelin021713.MP3] Derek Stepan: [audio:http://lohud.com/audio/rangersaudio/stepan021713.MP3]